Eight Nittany Lions Ranked in Latest Intermat Release
Eight Nittany Lions Ranked in Latest Intermat ReleaseEight Nittany Lions Ranked in Latest Intermat Release

Eight Nittany Lions Ranked in Latest Intermat Release

Nov. 18, 2014

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestlers continue to maintain lofty rankings in the latest version of Intermat's national listing. As a team, Penn State is ranked No. 7 in Intermat's Tournament Power Index (TPI). In all, seven Nittany Lions are ranked among the top 20.

Junior Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.) is ranked No. 12 at 125 with a 1-0 mark. Sophomore Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.) holds at No. 5 at 133 with a 1-0 mark. Sophomore Zack Beitz (Mifflintown, Pa.) is 1-0 at 149 and ranked No. 15. Senior Dylan Alton (Mill Hall, Pa.) is ranked No. 10 at 157 with an 0-0 mark. Senior Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) is ranked No. 3 at 174 and is 1-0 while junior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.) is 1-0 at 197 and ranked No. 4. Senior Jon Gingrich (Wingate, Pa.) is ranked No. 7 at 285 with a 1-0 record as well.

Red-shirt freshman Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.) debuts in the 184 rankings at the No. 19 spot. McCutcheon is 5-2 overall, with both those losses to top-five ranked wrestlers. McCutcheon is coming off a third place finish at the ESU Open on Sunday, a tournament in which he went 5-1, with the lone defeat a hard-fought 4-2 setback to No. 3 Lorenzo Thomas of Penn.

Penn State is 1-0 overall after its 24-10 win over Lehigh back on Nov. 9. Head coach Cael Sanderson's team continues dual meet action this weekend, visiting Pittsburgh on Friday, Nov. 21, for a 7 p.m. dual wrestled at Pitt's Peterson Events Center. Penn State then treks to Clarion on Saturday, Nov. 22, for a 7 p.m. dual as well. A limited number of SRO tickets are available for select Penn State Rec Hall dual meets. For ticket inquiries, call 1-800-NITTANY. Nittany Lion fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at www.twitter.com/pennstateWREST and on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling. The 2014-15 Penn State Wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline.